Ground Truth study notes lack of naming convention in consumer mobile browsing - July 19, 2010
Ground Truth, a US-based provider of mobile measurement services, has published a census-level analysis of mobile web domains. The company says that to attract the largest audience, mobile web publishers must deploy across multiple domain standards. It has been observed that since the inception of the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 19, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Philip Davis (Post-Publication Review: Does It Add Anything New and Useful?); Joe Wikert (The Rapidly Shifting Ebook Retailer Landscape); Chris Meadows (iPad alternatives: Where are they now?); and David Crotty (The RIN Report on Researchers and Web 2.0: If You… Read More
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak now available - July 19, 2010
Knowledgespeak subscribers, on the move, can now access quality STM News of their choice any time any where with the all new SCOOPE service. SCOOPE is the only mobile application that allows subscribers to customise content. Advantage of SCOOPE - Newsletters are now downloadable into local memory and read at… Read More
European Commission okays Google project to digitise archives of Dutch library - July 16, 2010
The European Commission has reportedly stated that it does not object to Google digitising 160,000 books in the archives of the National Library of the Netherlands if these will be made available publicly. The Dutch library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), recently announced an agreement with Internet search… Read More
SAE International survey reveals mobility engineers’ high levels of engagement with social media - July 16, 2010
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has released a whitepaper on social media usage of mobility engineers. The paper titled 'Do mobility engineers use social media?' outlines the results of the SAE International Social Media Survey and provides some insight on how mobility engineers… Read More
Springer to distribute eBooks from Sense Publishers - July 16, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced an agreement with international academic publishing house Sense Publishers. Under the deal, Springer will distribute the latter's book program as part of Springer's eBook collection on www.springerlink.com, starting in 2011. Sense has an annual output of about… Read More
